Red attracts attention, but that’s not why you should wear something red on New Year’s Eve. In Italy wearing something red on New Year’s Eve is a tradition with origins dating to ancient Rome.
In ancient Roman times both men and women wore something red as a symbol of power, fertility, health and wealth.
The goddess Diana hunting in the forest with a bow, and wearing red clothing associated with deities and very high-status Romans. From a fresco in the Via Livenza Hypogeum, Rome, c. 350 AD / Wikimedia
Men typically wore a toga, and women wore a stola. A…
